Tachinid fly Tachina Fera on a field Scabious flower

Polygonia c-album or Comma Butterfly

Sympetrum sanguineum... Ruddy Darter dragonfly settles on a seed head

A male Common Blue butterfly settles in sheltered, bright and warm spot among the ears of wheat and shows off his underwing markings

Icy blue back light illuminates a Common Darter dragonfly

A immature Male Broad-bodied Chaser rests on a sprig of Hawthorm to catch the warmth of the sun.

A Common Cader Bumblebee pierces an unopened Common Toadflax flower to get to the nectar inside

A Brimstone butterfly shares the goodies from a solitary bramble flower with a Swollen-thighed beetle.

These two Small Tortoiseshell butterflies followed one another from flower to flower for quite some time.

Unidentified Wasp

Flitting about just above the waters surface in search of a female while seeing off other eager competitors.

An immaculate Callophyrys rubi or Green Hairstreak butterfly. My 1st for the year 2023

Pyrgus malvae or Grizzled Skipper butterfly

A very lucky find as these butterflies are sadly becoming quite a rarity in the UK.

A freshly emerged female Common Darter Dragonfly

Ephemera danica E.vulgata (male) Britains largest upwing fly.

A battle is about to commence between this Comma butterfly and a tiny hoverfly over the nectar of the last of the Blackberry flowers situated along the old disused railway track..... The Hoverfly won!

Rhagonycha fulva

A black and white image

A male Brimstone butterfly sips nectar from a Devil's-bit Scabious

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A female Common Darter dragonfly rests among the Ripe Barley

A male Common Blue takes a short break while on the search for a female.

Gonepteryx rhamini or Brimstone Butterfly takes nectar from a Spear Thistle flowerhead

Ephemerella ignita or Blue-winged Olive Dun. One of the most common of the upwinged flies backlit by weak afternoon sunshine

The Underwing. markings of the White Admiral butterfly

Callophrys rubi or Green Hairstreak butterfly.

A male Common Darter Dragonfly finds a spot out of the wind among the undergrowth.

An egg laden female takes a well earned rest in the sun. She could possibly lay on average as many as 350 or more eggs on submerged vegetation around the margins of the pool.

A Brown Argus butterfly sits on his perch waiting for a female to pass.

A Male Beautiful Demoiselle was determined that this was his sunny lookout perch and kept returning time after time to the same leaf in his quest to find a female.

A mating pair settle on a bramble

A sure sign that Spring has truly arrived as several Butterfly species are out and about taking advantage of the warm sunshine and nectar from early flowering plants and shrubs.

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A White-legged damselfly rides a grass seed head as the breeze strengthens making it sway to and fro.

A Common Darter dragonfly poses for the camera .

A Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) sips nectar from a Bramble flower. Each year this long distance migrant makes the long journey from North Africa the Middle East and Central Asia to recolonise mainland Europe reaching Britain and Ireland during Mid to Late summer.

Thecia betulae. The underwing markings of the Brown Hairstreak butterfly.

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A Female Beautiful Demoiselle see's off the unwanted attentions of a Male

A grab shot as she flew off the flower.

Female Orange tip butterfly

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Preparing for take-off........

A Migrant Hawker dragonfly on the hunt for insects to eat and females to mate with.

Libellula quadrimaculata or Four-spotted chaser dragonfly

A Long Hoverfly settles on a Fleabane flowerhead No3 in Smoke Ring Series

A Male Common Blue butterfly sits amongst the ripening ears of wheat waiting for females to pass overhead.

Tachinid fly Techina Fera settles on a Common Fleabane flowerhead. No2 in Smoke Ring series

An Emerald Damselfly soaks up the warmth of the sunlight.